With just under a minute left the Utes are down by 19
points. Is it ok for the announcers to now project a winner?

The
Utes have come a long way this year. Unfortunately they are still under .500
for the season. A few tournament upsets are nice because of the timing and I
guess that's about the extent of their season. But I admit, they are
improving.

Ken must be another Chris B. except he didn't say
"mark it down" when predicting a win. Maybe he can watch March Madness
from the comfort of his home, like the rest of us will be doing. He should be
used to it by now after two football seasons under his belt.

Tough game tonight for the Utes. They were looking pretty tired, especially in
the first half. With how many shots were coming off the front of the rim it was
apparent that fatigue was a bit of a factor. Credit to the Ducks though for
coming out and taking it to them, good luck tomorrow night vs UCLA. The
progress of the Utes over the past few weeks is very encouraging for the future.
Thanks for your heart and effort this year Utes.

After scoring a whopping 15 points in the first half and your opponent scoring
29, you really think the team has earned "respect?" If the score were
25 - 29, then you'd deserve respect because Utah could overcome that, but
really....15 points in a half? That's less than one a minute. That's
not even a good scrimmage.

Tough night, but what a fun run in the tournament! Great exposure for the
program, hopefully catching the eye of some class recruits like Loveridge who
see this as a team of opportunity. The freshmen walk away with experience and
confidence for next year, and inspiration to work hard during off season
training. Thanks again, gentlemen! You were the talk of the town and across
the nation. Looking forward to next year!

The Utes lose... enter the trolls. Go ahead pile on, your team was a real world
beater in the WCC tournament.

Given the level of talent on this Utah
squad, I'm satisfied with the amount of progress they made toward the end
of the season. I'm not a Chris B fan, but he is right about one thing,
Utah had the best 6 wins in the state of Utah.... however they also had some of
the worse losses. The bad losses came at the beginning of the season while many
of the quality wins came at the end, so we have a program moving in the right
direction.

Utes over achieved by
three or four games - Cal, Oregon, Colorado and Boise State. With a patsy
non-conference schedule 12 wins was a given. Congrats on winning those four
games, but I don't see this a sign that the Utes are back.

And
as for next year, I don't think the Utes will reach .500 and will likely
have a worse record than this year. Losing Dubois, Dean, Washburn and Martin
will have an impact. Who will give you 33 points, and 15 rebounds?

There is some talent coming in, but Loveridge and Taylor are really the only
experience U will have.

Now if you want to argue that next year is
really the rebuilding year and 2014-15 the Utes will be better, I can buy that.
2015 should be the first year U will be above .500 since 2008-2009.

Nonetheless, congrats on beating Oregon in the regular seaon and Cal in the
tourney. U should feel very proud of your team for those thrilling wins!

With regard to next year, sure Utah is
losing 28 pts and 12 rebs from Wash, Martin & Dubois (Dean is a JR.).
Likewise, BYU is losing 29 pts and 14 rebs from Davies, Zylstra and Cusik. Are
you prognosticating a sub 500 season for BYU as well? Utah will struggle to
replace Wash with Olson or Bacynski, but should be okay at the #2 spot with
incoming Delon Wright and ESPN Top 100 recruit Aaron Dotson who was hurt for
most of this season. Tell me, should we expect the starting 5 of Hawes, Austin,
Carlino, Sharp and ??? to tear it up next year?

Byu didn't go sub .500 this year. Utah did. Cougfan is
guessing Utah will see much of the same due to the losses in personnel. Byu has
the same struggle to replace key parts, but they didn't play sub .500 this
year, so why should cougfan think byu will be as bad as Utah next year when we
weren't as bad as you this year? Poor reasoning there. I am happy Utah
lost. I am happy byu was better this year again. I am happy that it makes you
sad that byu is better. Thanks!

Do you think Utah's sub 500 record had anything to do
with playing in the PAC 12? Perhaps if the Utes could have played in the weaker
WCC they could have gotten 2 more wins which would put them above .500. Is my
reasoning poor, or have you overlooked a PAC 12 schedule vs. a WCC schedule?

I'm happy when the Utes are improving. I'm also happy to
see the Cougars do well. I'm sorry that your happiness is based in seeing
Utah lose. What a sad life for you.